Keys to Tulsa (1997) on Netflix
Richter Boudreau reviews movies for a Tulsa paper and owes Ronnie Stover, an abusive drug dealer, who wants his newspaper contacts for a blackmail plan. He still loves Ronnie's wife, Vicky.
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Plot summary
Richter Boudreau comes from a privileged family in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where his widowed mother, Cynthia, used her influence to get him a job reviewing movies at the local paper. He misses deadlines, lives in a dilapidated farmhouse, sells drugs on the side and is behind on his bills. He is in debt to Ronnie Stover, an abusive drug dealer, and he still loves Ronnie's wife, Vicky, whose prominent family disowned her over her involvement with Ronnie. Cherry, a dancer from Chicago, buys drugs from Ronnie and becomes involved with Richter.
Cast
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Keys to Tulsa (1997)
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- James Spader was cast as Ronnie Stover after his friend Eric Stoltz read the script and convinced the producer he would be great as a drug dealer, returning the favour after Spader had helped Stoltz get cast in 2 Days in the Valley.
- The soundtrack prominently features the Australian didgeridoo, played by Graham Wiggins, and the strip routine by Joanna Going's character Cherry uses the 1994 song "Little Suicides" by Lori Carson and The Golden Palominos, even though the novel was set in the late 1980s.
- Though Keys to Tulsa is set entirely in Tulsa, Oklahoma, it was shot in both Dallas, Texas and Tulsa, and the scenes at Richter's newspaper offices were filmed in the headquarters of the Dallas Observer.
